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Of the english Football League. And the countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing has begins, with the stars donning their sequins for last nights launch in london. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Jeremy corbyn is meeting Opposition Party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. The labour leader has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. The conservatives said allJeremy Corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. Lets speak now to our political correspondent, peter saull. In terms of whatJeremy Corbyn wants to do, lets not focus on who might lead to the plans but on these various mps uniting, how likely is it we will hear something about that today . They will have to put on a bit of a united front when they emerge from this meeting in westminster because when this plan was first mooted byJeremy Corbyn the response from the liberal democrats was rather negative. Joe swenson described the idea of him needing a connecticut government and requesting an extension to article 50 before calling a general election isa 50 before calling a general election is a nonsense idea because he would not be able to inherit view, the support of the house of commons. They are at the stage where they will take things as they come, played by ear when parliament returns next week. It may be something doesnt happen then but in the following weeks but they have two options open to them, the first is the legislative approach basically mps are seizing control of the order paper and putting forward a new piece of legislation which would force policy borisjohnson to request an extension of no deal has been reached. If that doesnt work then they could go for the Nuclear Option of a vote of no confidence and in the ba 14 day period where an alternative government could be formed. Obviously jeremy alternative government could be formed. ObviouslyjeremyJeremy Corbyn wants to with that but they would prefer a more compromising figure to lead the new caretaker government of National Unity as it has been referred to. The shadow earlier keir starmer was suggesting labour are keeping all options on the table. Todayis today is very much about looking at all the possible options but making sure that we had agreed on a plan. It will be interesting to see when they emerge from that meeting, all they emerge from that meeting, all the parties represented by that they can really show this united front when they emerge, whether they do have a concrete plan are a set of steps to follow depending on what happens in parliament. Interesting to note that will not be any conceptus at this meeting, the will be key to any plan to stop Boris Johnson taking the country out without a deal. For the moment the mood within the conservative party is to give the Prime Minister the benefit of the doubt, some time to secure a new deal with the eu. The mood music from brussels has improved slightly so that they be sometime in actually weeks before bc any concrete moves against him. Lets go now to westminster the brexit party are holding an event to announce hundreds of prospective parliamentary candidates. The brexit party dominated in the european elections earlier this year so european elections earlier this year so very much a day of two halves in terms of the politics, the brexit party on the one hand preparing for a general election scenario and then mps from a range of parties who wa nts to mps from a range of parties who wants to avoid no deal meeting to plan how they achieve that. We are going to be back at that brexit party event shortly but right now. Lets talk now to the conservative mp, Alberto Costa who says he is serious about stopping no deal. Do you think you and mps from a diverse range of parties can come together and act as one to achieve that . I support Boris Johnson, together and act as one to achieve that . I support borisjohnson, he wa nts to that . I support borisjohnson, he wants to avoid no deal, the governments primary objective is to leave the eu with ideal and ifully support that. However what i have been campaigning on particularly over the recent few weeks since the vote leave campaigner took the reins of power in downing street is that they must honour the pledges they made in 2016 to the british electorate and one of those pledges was they would absolutely and unequivocally guarantee and more the rights of eu nationals and that has not been done. Because it has not been done we cannot guarantee the rights of british citizens, the 1. 3 million of them living in the eu. I am good to be seen the Prime Minister in one hour and my message is this, you have my full support to deliver a smooth and orderly brexit but stop faffing around and get on and passed the act of parliament that will guarantee the rights of eu nationals here in the uk so that we can guarantee the rights of british citizens in the eu. So you think he is faffing around and a few dozen stop that will support for him when. Ido want stop that will support for him when. I do want to say or do anything that will affect the rights of 5 Million People, we are talking about 1. 3 million british citizens and the eu and 3. 6 million eu nationals here in the uk. My constituency in south leicestershi re the uk. My constituency in south leicestershire wanted to leave the eu and there is no question that we must leave the eu. All i am asking the primary stuff to do is honour his pledge that he made to me and the country that he would absolutely and unequivocally guarantee the rights of these 5 million innocent people, most of him do not even have the right to vote in the Eu Referendum so it is not a question of whether i am supporting Jeremy Corbyn, of course i am not, Jeremy Corbyn, of course i am not, Jeremy Corbyn and opposition leaders can do what they wish but what i support as the conservative manifesto to leave the conservative manifesto to leave the eu on before the 31st of october and a smooth and orderly manner. M that becomes clear to you that that is not what is happening, that it is not going to happen, at some point thenis not going to happen, at some point then is your desire to protect the rights of the citizens trump any loyalty you may have two Boris Johnson . Im not particularly interested in who you will support what would you support some other plan, not personalities but i plan to avoid no deal even if that means a caretaker government . A general election. I can tell you where this will lead to, Boris Johnson election. I can tell you where this will lead to, borisjohnson will return to the house of commons in essence with the days deal, it will be stitched together, a change and twea k be stitched together, a change and tweak but he will present that deal back to the house of commons but this time he is going to get 30 or 40 this time he is going to get 30 or a0 labour mps to vote for it and the overall objective and the reason i am under new show is to ensure that the Prime Minister honours his pledge that we leave the European Union quickly and in a smooth and orderly manner, not least so we protect the rights of 5 million innocent people including 1. 3 million innocent british citizens whose rights should never have been put on the day and table. You have been abundantly clear about that. Do you think the talks today with opposition parties accented mps and the fact that mrjohnson has such a slender majority, or that push him into a position where that he likes it or not of backing ideal, a reworked version of theresa mays agreement . Keep repeatedly says he wa nts a agreement . Keep repeatedly says he wants a change to the backstop and i supported but unlike him i voted three times for brexit. Had all conservative mps done that we would have left the eu on march 29 so my message today as i fully support due to leave the eu on time with ideal so to leave the eu on time with ideal so that we can protect the rights of those 1. 3 million innocent british citizens living in the eu and the 3. 6 million eu nationals here in the ukfor by 3. 6 million eu nationals here in the uk for by doing that wallace and the other vote leave campaigner is that on the British Government can finally honour their pledge. I want to help them honour their pledge that they made to me and to the british electorate. You stated patty confidently this is what will happen, a0 labour mps backing a reworked version of the days the 01, reworked version of the days the or, how confident are you that is what will unfold, that Boris Johnson will get that reworked and repackaged version of video through parliament. I am confident with his skill set he will be able to persuade some of those brexiteers that did not vote last time to vote for it and i think he will be able to persuade the eu to get a tweak here and there to the backstop. But let me be clear the greatest success that boris would achieve is getting us that boris would achieve is getting us out of the eu and a timely manner with ideal. If he achieves that which i think you will he woke down asa which i think you will he woke down as a formidable Prime Ministers. My message to him as this, he has my full support to get that deal through the house of commons so that he can honour his pledge to the british electorate by leaving the eu on time and a smooth and orderly manner so we can get on with the domestic agenda. Your full support as at any price as it . I give him my full support to honour the manifesto we both stood on which is that we must leave the European Union and a smooth and utterly manner. Orderly manner. Thank you. Documents seen by the bbc show that both the government and hs2 knew the new High Speed Railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. The documents were written in 2016 before mps had signed off the first phase of the project which raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. Our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. Until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new High Speed Railway was on budget and on time. There was only one budget for hs2, and it is £55] billion. But bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasnt the case. The evidence weve got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer whos funding it, werent given the full picture. This letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. In it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london, was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. He also proposes opening the railway a year late to try and save money. A former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate, and internally teams knew it was a lot higher. Another former hs2 director, doug thornton, says he often told government the budget wasnt realistic. I was briefing personally the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department for transport and the department of transport project representative team, so at that level the department knew. And all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. As protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps were misled. For all the opposition, hs2 does have strong support, the evidence weve seen not only raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about transparency and trust. Hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the National Audit office and parliamentary committees. And the department for transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. But with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, its hard to say how high speed will evolve in the coming weeks. Tom burridge, bbc news. Doug thornton was a former director of land and property for hs2 and joins me now. When did you first raise concerns about the budget is not being accurate . In the latter part of 2015 on the land and property aspect when we we re on the land and property aspect when we were seeing quite some structural gaps nhs to budgeting. Hs to budgeting. In terms of the approach to working at her much and would cost to buy up land and property for the line. We saw these structural gaps that fell into three main categories, big gaps of properties and budgeted for and properties that simply were not budgeted in accordance with what one would expect from the compensation code. You fully agree there was this ad hoc approach and if so how did that arise . I think it was certainly considerably more work that hs two required to do to get government assurance that the budget that was working to and taking forward to once royal assent without truly representative of what the organisation should ultimately expect to spend. My concern was to get that right as possible as we went to once royal assent and i i was not prepared to stand behind the figures the organisation were using. Ona figures the organisation were using. On a project of the scale and size do you think it is inevitable that the might be gaps in the costing on the might be gaps in the costing on the cap we are hearing about, does that go over and beyond any kind of margin of energy might normally include an a project like this . think costs almost inevitably evolve, i think that is true but when you see such large structural gaps i think it is right that those are acknowledged and right that those are managed appropriately and that was something to my mind the organisation did not step forward to the mark and do to give the government and public assurance that public money was being used appropriately. Do you think that will make any of this a difference in the review . I would hope so. I think it we have seen this morning asa think it we have seen this morning as a department for transport seen budgets inevitably evolve but what we have seen over the last six months is a complete move away from 55 billion towards the new chairman saying i have found a need for an extra 30 billion and that is an enormous number, and another surprise and habit and involution. Hardly an evolution. Lets go now to westminster the brexit party are holding an event to announce hundreds of prospective parliamentary candidates. I suspect theresa may would still be there but more important than that what we have done already as completely reset the political agenda in this country, so much so that a clean break brexit on the 315t of october is now by far the most popular option in this country. Applause now we face an now we face an even now we face an even bigger challenge. My guess is that a better than 50 chance that he will face a general election in the autumn but whether we do our not it is a pretty extraordinary achievement for a party of 19 weeks standing that we have over 500 of you in this room today candidates for us at the next general election and then a 635 of you on our approved list. It is an extraordinary achievement, our team have done well, we have spent the summer preparing for this moment and we are ready. Applause are you ready . Are you sure you are ready . And we need to be because i have a feeling that if you mix into his premiership boris is going off the rails. It all started brilliantly, in fact he pretty much ate every single word of phrase that we used and that campaign. I had nicky morgan talking about telephone connectivity and no doubt things we say today you will hear within 48 hours but for all the headlines and by the way i am pleased that Boris Johnson has brought energy to that job, i johnson has brought energy to that job, lam pleased he has brought optimism to thatjob, i am pleased that she is saying we believe on october 31, do or die. That she is saying we believe on 0ctober31, do or die. The that she is saying we believe on october 31, do or die. The trouble is we have heard it all before. Because mrs may impress me i have to say at a lancaster house speech, she then told us 108 times that we would be leaving on the 29th of march. I have a difficulty with boris and it is this, when the chequers agreement led to Withdrawal Agreement should be as proper name, the new european treaty because that is what it is. Applause borisjohnson on his Boris Johnson on his telegraph column wrote over and over how we would become a slave state, a vassal state, he said was the most disastrous deal and the worst thing that could ever happen to our country. Yes it is true he talked about the backstop but he didnt just talk about that, he talked about the deal in its entirety and the fact that once we had signed it and that the political declaration there was nothing the eu about had to give us back. No guarantees about our future relationship was what boris said and yet in his letter to donald tusk last monday boris says that achieving a deal is our highest priority. He says the Withdrawal Agreement and that letter without the backstop would be satisfactory. I suppose to him it would because despite all the language condemning the Withdrawal Agreement, despite the Withdrawal Agreement, despite the fact that twice he voted against it, you will never guess what happened to the third time it came back to parliament, he voted for it. That raises with me a very big question, can you trust Boris Johnson on this issue . Can you trust the conservative party on this issue . Even the conservative party on this issue . Even without the conservative party on this issue . Even without the backstop this as the worst deal in history. But only will it cost us £39 billion but it would lead us into a transition period that has the option of being extended. A transition period fs deal were to pass would go on until 2022. Despite all the fine words that would leave us under the jurisdiction of the European Court of justice us under the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice for a minimum period of eight years. When icampaigned minimum period of eight years. When i campaigned for 25 years in the run up to the 23rd ofjune 2016 saying we want our country back i did not do it so that foreignjudges could borrow was made in this country. Could borrow was made in this country. Code over rule was made in this country queued over rule was made in it is unacceptable. I thought from the very beginning the acid test of brexit was would we take back what is rightfully ours. When we take back our territorial waters, the management of the fish stock and conservation within them and hand back to the british fishing industry chance for them and our custom committees to survive and this Withdrawal Agreement does not take back our territorial waters and for that it back our territorial waters and for thatitis back our territorial waters and for that it is unacceptable. Applause this Withdrawal Agreement binds us in the future to eu state aid rules so we in the future to eu state aid rules so we would not be able as we are not now to make Strategic Decisions about industry in this country and i can think of no better example of this than the tragedy that has befallen British Steel, mainly because of uncontrolled exports coming in from china, selling steel way below their cost of production and the impotence of the British Government to stand up and defend what is after all a strategic industry and that this Withdrawal Agreement we would not be able to stand up for British Steel and that makes it unacceptable. Applause this Withdrawal Agreement and the attached political declaration make attached political declaration make a pledge to build on the Customs Partnership that already exists. I cannot for the life of me see if you we re cannot for the life of me see if you were to pass this agreement that we would ever truly be able to leave the customs union. That makes it perhaps the most unacceptable part of this whole Withdrawal Agreement even without the backstop. Applause is boris said, the first two times when he voted against it, it does not commit the European Union to having to give us anything in return in the future and yet this is no his highest priority and you may have noticed there has been a change of language. Angela merkel saying find an alternative, donald tusk saying find an alternative, even president macron been president for a few seconds to aussie british to onesie british and i think boris thinks he can get the backstop amended you can put it to parliament and the er g and many others fall into line for the sake of the party. Boris, you talked about duane di, about leaving the European Union on october 31 and i would say it deliver or politically died because i tell you this, any attempt a few carries on with this course to put this Withdrawal Agreement back and everything she can then put that to a general election either shortly before or after the 315t of october, i want to make this pledge from the next party, the Withdrawal Agreement is not brexit. The methanol agreement as a betrayal of what 70. 4 Million People voted for and if you go with the Withdrawal Agreement. Applause if mrjohnson insists on the methanol agreement we will fight you in every single seat up and down the length and breadth of their ethic kingdom. Applause nigel farage getting to the heart of his speech there at the launch event in london this morning for prospective parliamentary candidates for the brexit party. More than 500 of them, he said. Just now saying that, in his opinion, the Withdrawal Agreement is not brexit. He said it was a betrayal of what people who voted to leave the eu had voted for, and a warning to borisjohnson, saying, if you insist on going with that Withdrawal Agreement, that the brexit party would fight the conservative party in every constituency. Nigel farage predicting, in his opinion, he said there was a better than 50 chance ofa there was a better than 50 chance of a general election this autumn. Now lets of a general election this autumn. N ow lets m ove of a general election this autumn. Now lets move on to other news. The drug manufacturer Johnson Johnson has been fined more than half a billion dollars for its part in fuelling an opioid addiction crisis in the us state of oklahoma. The states attorney general said greed had led the firm to cause thousands of deaths. The landmark ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against Drugs Companies across the United States. Johnson johnson says it will appeal. Peter bowes reports. The scourge of Prescription Drug abuse. An Opioid Epidemic thats claimed almost a00,000 lives in the us over two decades. Now, a landmark ruling after the state of oklahoma accused Johnson Johnson of fostering the Opioid Crisis, creating a public nuisance by aggressively marketing the drugs to doctors and patients as safe and effective, while underplaying the dangers of addictive painkillers. Johnson johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths and neo natal abstinence syndrome in oklahoma. Lawyers for the state hailed the ruling as a major victory, affirming their view thatJohnson Johnson, motivated by greed, maliciously and diabolically created the Opioid Epidemic. Johnson johnson was the king pin behind the nations ongoing Opioid Crisis. Reggie whitten, a member of the legal team that took Johnson Johnson to court, lost his own son to opioids. Am i optimistic . No, im not. I think theyll appeal this thing and fight till hell freezes over, but my boy and austin are fighters. And we are too. Johnson johnson says it will appeal the ruling. The company insists it should not be held responsible for the Opioid Epidemic. We do not believe that the facts or the law supports the decision today. We have many strong grounds for appeal, and we intend to pursue those vigorously. With over 2,000 similar opioid lawsuits currently pending across the us, this ruling could have far reaching implications for drug makers in a country still struggling to contain the worst drug crisis in its history. Peter bowes, bbc news. Joining me now, jamie coleman. Hes a practising doctor and a professor of clinical pharmacoloy at the university of birmingham. Hes also chair of the uk governments opioid expert working group. Grateful for your time today. Id appreciate if you could begin by telling us what it is about these opioids that has led to the addiction crisis that weve seen in the us. Opioids are strong painkillers derived from drugs such as heroin, but in their medicinal use they are very important painkillers for cancer pain and acute pain. What we have seen in the us and in other parts of the developed world is that actually there has been increasing rates of prescriptions. None so great as in the us where they are practices such as direct to consumer advertising, where manufacturers can actually promote drugs directly to the public as well as to Health Care Practitioners, and that leads to this i want a medicine to cure my pain in that particular region. There has been advertising pressure, the public go to their gp in the us and ask for these types of painkillers. Do you think, though, that gps, doctors in the us, havent been fully aware, at least not in the first instance, of the addictive nature of these drugs . the first instance, of the addictive nature of these drugs . I think it is true to an extent that people are not always quite aware of the addiction. Even if they are aware, it may start off as a short term prescription and that might be seen as an easier way of treating pain than other modes of treatment such as physical therapy. Prescriptions are easy to just produce. The problem is when it leads to medium term used and that leads to the addiction, the dependence, and that leads to this whole cycle of issues where people become fully addicted with all the psychological and personal consequences of opioid addiction. What about the reflation she relationship between the big pharmaceutical companies, Johnson Johnson and doctors, how does that relationship work and has there been too much of a close relationship between the two sectors . Yes, i think pharmaceutical companies in general have to promote their products, they have to provide information to Health Care Practitioners so that they have information that they understand if, for example, there are new Prescription Drugs or new types of medicines on the market. But i think there is a claim anyway that they downplay the risk of addiction with some of the medicines. This particular company. And actually that they did push prescribers to these particular branded prescription products which contain strong opioids inappropriately, and particularly for chronic pain, where i think the evidence now shows they are i think the evidence now shows they a re less i think the evidence now shows they are less good for treating chronic pain. Thank you very much for your time. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. What of the fate of bolton and bury today . All up today . Allup in the today . All up in the air today. Its d day for two clubs in league 1. Bolton wanderers and bury started the season with a 12 point deduction because of their financial state and both have been given a five oclock deadline by the Football League to find buyers or face expulsion. Boltons administrator says he will start the liquidation process at the Club Tomorrow after their sale collapsed over the weekend. The community is excellent and it is such a family club and would will be an absolute shame to see it go up in smoke. It is impossible to tell what life will be like without my beloved football clu b life will be like without my beloved Football Club and im sure fans the other same. The whole way through fa ns other same. The whole way through fans have been incredibly loyal, they have stuck with the team and followed the players all the way through and it is really depressing that we havent been rewarded with anything as a result of that, and we could be facing not having a club to support as of tomorrow. Bury havent been able to fulfil any of their fixtures this season, but are hopeful that they have found a buyer, a Data Analytics firm. The efl say that they have provided proof of funds although the buyers had requested more time to finalise a take over. That deadline for both clubs is a 5pm today. The scotland manager steve clarke hopes that this weeks stadium ban at ibrox will help change attitudes at the club. Their Europa League tie will be partially closed to supporters after sectarian chants were heard in the ground in the previous round. Clarke was also subjected to abuse in february when his former side kilmarnock faced rangers at ibrox. Now he wants both rangers and celtic to do more to stamp it out the night i lost it, to be honest, i was really upset. The sectarian singing, you dont need. If it happens in the street, its a crime. If its happens in a football stadium with so many people doing it, its not a crime. That cant be correct. Maybe the uefa ban will make people think about what they say in the future. Day two at the us open starts in the next few hours. British number one kyle edmund gets his campaign under way against spaniard pablo andujar. Fellow Brits Dan Evans and joanna konta are already through to the second round so is five time champion in new york, Roger Federer but not without a scare. He dropped the first set against indian qualifier sumit nagal but went through in four. Federer also lost the first set in the first round at wimbledon this year but made it through to the final. I wanted to pick up my game and started to play better and i was able to do that so that was a relief, going up 3 0 in the second set and realising it is in my racket. I just wasnt serving consistently enough, i was hitting double faults that i dont usually andi double faults that i dont usually and i was hitting too many unforced errors, i guess. Serena williams was back on the main show court, the Arthur Ashe Stadium, for the First Time Since last years final when she had that rant at the umpire in her defeat to naomi osaka. This was drama free and and probably slightly worrying for her rivals. She swept aside the five time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets in under an hour6 1,6 1. Asked about her return to the scene of that infamous final, she praised the support from the stands. The fans on the court was so amazing and they were so. I could hear them walking down the hallway and it was such a good feeling. You know. Its just. It was such a good feeling. You know. Itsjust. It made me feel unbelievable and really helped me get apt unbelievable and really helped me getapt up. Unbelievable and really helped me get apt up. Ill be back in an hour. See you then. Lets stay with Bolton Wanderers. Founding members of the Football League. They finished seventh in the premier leaguejust 12 years ago. But today could be the day they go out of business and are kicked out of the efl. They have until 5 oclock to complete the sale of the club to new owners the same deadline for fellow league 1 side bury, who are also fighting for their survival. With me now is jack dearden, bbc radio manchesters Bolton Wanderers commentator. Jack, i know you have described covering the club in recent times as being like talking about a soap opera. Its been like that from probably 2. 5 years ago, maybe even stretching back further. It really has been a soap opera. Its been better than a soap opera because this isnt a soap opera, it is really happening there is a real danger as youve just heard that the current administrator. Its a very complex deal, by the way because youve got different administrators dealing with the sale of the football clu b dealing with the sale of the Football Club and then a different administrator dealing with the sale of the hotel, so it is a very, very complex deal. Id like to think that is one of the main reasons why there has been such a delay, but i am now led to believe that there could be a solution found and wants a solution has been found, then a deal could be sorted out within maybe one hour or a couple of hours. But the clock is certainly taking from the Bolton Wanderers perspective, as it is for the other team you mentioned, bury, as well. But this has been an ongoing saga for an awful long time. There has been a preferred bidder, the Football Ventures consortium. Adamant are the administrators that they are the only preferred bidder so farand they are the only preferred bidder so far and the options are to get this deal over the line or face the consequences, which could be liquidation, which could start as early as tomorrow, according to the current administrator. You have been talking about business rather than the actual goings on on the pitch. You talk obviously a lot to the fans, what have they been saying to you and how they being by this . M my view the vast majority just want a local team, my view the vast majority just want a localteam, in my view the vast majority just want a local team, in this case we are talking about Bolton Wanderers. All they want, they dont want millions of pounds to spend on transfer deadline players. Theyjust want a guaranteed solution at the team that they support is going to be there and around. Theyve got no manager, theyve got no points, they have no shirt sponsors, no season tickets. What they dont want is no Football Club. That is in severe danger, as we speak at the moment. All they wa nt we speak at the moment. All they want is a team to support. Think about the history and heritage. Founding members of the Football League, they have been around since 187a. They scored the first ever Football League goal and there is a strange irony with it being today, the great, wonderful nat lofthouse, one of boltons most famous players, it would have been his birthday today. He was born on this day in 1925. Sadly he is no longer with us but a great iconic player, even going back to when bolton had a Terrific Team in the 1950s, as well. If you go back to todays dating 2001, bolton went to the top of the premier league. But that is 1 million miles away from what this particular problem is about right now. The vast majority of Bolton Supporters just want a team to supporters just want a team to support and go and watch on a saturday. You are talking there, alluding to the heritage. How much poorer do you think british football will be if Bolton Wanderers does not survive . Its not a chelsea or liverpool. It is not in the big league any more but it has such an important place in the history of the sport in this country. All Football Clubs. Some are bigger than others as you have illustrated and that will always be the case and a lwa ys and that will always be the case and always will be the case. On a serious basis, you should not let 1a5 years of history and heritage just fall by the wayside for whatever reason, and the big problem for me more latterly, and this is probably expanding it right across the sporting landscape in many ways, the sporting landscape in many ways, the business of sport, in this case we are talking about football. The business of football is unlike any other business. You are not selling ca kes other business. You are not selling cakes or pies or confectionery. You are selling and name, a brand, a football clu b are selling and name, a brand, a Football Club that hopefully for generations of families will still be there is that if you ask me about the Bolton Wanderers supporters, and it will be the same for the bury fans. That bury fans are turning up in d roves fans. That bury fans are turning up in droves to ask the volunteers to clear the stadium because no one has touched it since last season. Alton, they have not scored a goal for 12 matches. Bolton, they have not scored. People really do need to come together, whatever it costs, and there are some times in life when things are more important than money, and i firmly when things are more important than money, and ifirmly believe when things are more important than money, and i firmly believe that this is one of them. Forget the administrators, forget the business side of it. Lets just get a football clu b side of it. Lets just get a Football Club there that has been there for 1a5 years, and will be there for 1a5 years, and will be there again hopefully for another 1a5 years. There again hopefully for another 145 years. Lets see. The clock is ticking towards 5pm. Thank you very much for your thoughts today. Lets move away from football to. The glamourous outfits and the glitter balls were out in force last night for the launch of the latest series of strictly come dancing. Among the celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfasts mike bushell. Our entertainment correspondent, Colin Paterson watched them waltz down the red carpet. The launch of strictly come dancing 2019. With a familiar face taking a leap into the unknown. I just thought, well, i have to make up for lack of technical ability, with just a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, ijust did a sort of dad jump that i used to do at weddings and discos when i was younger. But i nearly went off the stage, i have to say. The jump was higher than in rehearsal. That could have been the end, the end of your strictly dream. They might have caught me in the crowd, because the crowd was so supportive. Bookmakers have cruelly made mike the favourite to be the first to leave the show, but anneka rice thinks shes going to find strictly a challenge. Ive literally never danced in my life, ever. No one in my familys ever seen me dance one move. Not in a disco, not at a wedding, ever. Ive got a complete thing about dancing. Others plan to rely on tried and trusted dance moves, honed during their clubbing days. Ymca. Ymca. 0h. Serious. I love a good Old Fashioned steps routine. Bit of tragedy. So when faye was on this last year, it was like, yes, sister. The way you do the body roll is youre meant to pretend youre looking over a ledge, its meant to go, like, oh, not today. Hey. See you later, sister. One interesting thing to look out for this series, there is oti mabuse. Shes one of the professional dancers. Theres a newjudge this year and its her big sister, motsi. Hows that going to work out . Neither of them are talking today. On saturday, the 1a celebrities will find out with which professional theyve been paired, and then they will have just three weeks to practise, before theyre dancing on live tv. We wish mike all the best colin patterson, bbc news, television centre. The return of strictly is a sure sign that autumn is around the corner. And those cosy long evenings wouldnt be complete without tvs other big knock out competition on channel a the Great British bake off, which gets underway tonight. A bakers dozen of 13 contestants will be taking part in the shows tenth anniversary special. Lets speak to the first ever winner of the Great British bake off edd kimber. I remember it well, ive watched every single series why do you think bake off has gone from strength to strength over the years . Its just one of those really simple shows to enjoy. Its not nasty, its not about really, real competitiveness even though it is a competition. Its just a very friendly show and i think with all the stress going on in the world it is something that everyone can sit down, enjoy, and lose themselves in foran houror down, enjoy, and lose themselves in for an hour or so. I agree entirely with you on that. What has it meant for you in your life . It was nine yea rs for you in your life . It was nine years ago that i filmed my season and it has completely changed my life. I have written three cookbooks, i travelled the world teaching baking, iwrite cookbooks, i travelled the world teaching baking, i write for magazines across the world and making it just became magazines across the world and making itjust became myjob, which is all i ever wanted. For me, bake off was that amazing launch pad that enabled me to change my life completely. Of course if you look at the range of contestants it reminds us that its notjust grandma in the kitchen doing the baking that is what bake off did a really good job with, especially at the start. Baking nine or ten years ago was seen as a grandma thing, and i think backin seen as a grandma thing, and i think back in the day and now, having a really young cast or a mixed cast of ages, that really showed that baking can and should be for anybody. The idea that the stereotypes in any pa rt idea that the stereotypes in any part of the kitchen is just com pletely part of the kitchen is just completely ridiculous and i love the fa ct completely ridiculous and i love the fact that anybody can be an bake off to show that. Literally, baking doesnt need to have a gender or whatever. Its a fun activity that anyone can do. Do you think it is as difficult now. The challenges are difficult now. The challenges are difficult but is it as difficult now for the contestants going into this latest series as it would have been for you back at the beginning of the programme to sort of predict the types of challenges that you might face and the level of difficulty . think theres a couple of things that have definitely changed and one is that as the show has gone on, because baking has a certain fundamental they have had to act much more decorating and for me i wouldnt enter the competition now with that, purely because it is not what i do. I think you have to have more of a skill in that manner these days and i think because they are a lwa ys days and i think because they are always trying to introduce new things, sometimes the technical challenges i think you have never heard of. Underneath the kind of name, they should be techniques that people know, but i heard someone say they are trying to pare it back a bit because i think they realise that the joy of bake off in the early days was to really inspire people to get into the kitchen and bake themselves. When you have these really complex recipes no one has heard of, it doesnt do the same thing necessarily, so i am hoping there pare it back a bit and really do things that actually inspire people to get back in the kitchen. That is what the show did so well and has done throughout its whole run. Presumably you will be watching this latest series avidly. Of course, i always like to watch because i think it is interesting to see who is on the show that year, what they are doing differently and to remind myself that i dont need to remind myself that i dont need to do it ever again laughter the first ever winner of bake off, thank you very much. Thank you very much. In a moment well have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Opposition Party leaders to discuss how to prevent a no deal brexit. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. Two of the oldest clubs in english football bury and bolton have until five oclock to prove they have a future, or face being thrown out of the english Football League. In the business news. The uk will decide whether huawei should be excluded from the roll out of its 5g mobile networks by the end of the year. Digital secretary nicky morgan told the bbc this morning she hoped the government could do something by the autumn. Injune, china warned the uk that excluding huawei from its 5g network sends a very bad signal. DrugmakerJohnson Johnson must pay nearly £500 million for its part in fuelling americas opioid addiction crisis. Its the first case to go to trial out of thousands of lawsuits filed against opioid makers and distributors. The firm says it will appeal against the ruling. Parents spend so much money to get their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk. The figures from Legal General suggest the average parental contribution for home buyers this year is £2a,100 up by more than £6,000 compared to last year, collectively giving £6. 3 billion. Weve had an update on the state of our Household Budgets with the latest figures from uk finance. They show that mortgage lending rose nearly 3 on the same time last year, and came in at the highest level since march 2016. There was also £12 billion spent on credit cards, over 8 higher than injuly of last year and the highest on record. But whilst that might suggest people are racking up debts, the repayments were also the highest level on record, suggesting users are managing theirfinances better. Claer barrett is personal finance editor at the financial times. As editor at the financial times. Always, nice to see y you as always, nice to see you. What do you make of these figures . There is a lot in it, what stands out . On the day when the bank of mum and dad has been revealed to technically be the tenth biggest Mortgage Lender on record, this is a great day to talk about the Housing Market because really that is the biggest single factor powering the purchases of new homes. How much parents and grandparents are prepared to give their children and grandchildren in order to get them on the ladder. But within that mortgaging data there is another interesting story about remortgaging. Those figures, the highest they have been month on month for about 2. 5 years, what is really driving those increases is the increase in remortgaging activity. This is people who have already bought a house, have a mortgage, and they are refinancing that deal. Remortgaging has gone up 20 year on year, according to the uk chemical finance figures against 16 for new lending on new houses. Uk 16 for new lending on new houses. Uk finance figures. It is in Uncertain Times of people are attracted by refinancing what will be their biggest monthly outgoing and the banks conveniently enough have fa ntastically low and the banks conveniently enough have fantastically low rates at the moment and are in great competition with each other, meaning there are really good deals for anyone who wa nts to really good deals for anyone who wants to lock into a lower rate now ahead of what could be a potentially particular to be at couple of years. There is so much in this release that weve got, it gives us a sense of where our Household Budgets are going. The bank of mum and dad is one of the biggest. Its astonishing, its from a separate report but we are having to turn to our parents just to get on the property ladder. Absolutely. Property prices are still not showing any signs of taking a nosedive. I know many First Time Buyers will be very happy and indeed many parents of First Time Buyers will be very happy to take the hit on their main home if house prices went down if it made it easier for them to get their children on the ladder. Nevertheless, if you look at the overall picture, people including legal and general who did the survey about the bank of mum and dad are becoming worried that the credit line from our parents is becoming too strong and the risk is if you give too much money to your children now in order to get onto the housing ladder, then they are the housing ladder, then they are the ones who could lose out in their retirement ten or 20 years down the line. They could be knocking on the door it saying the bank of mum and dad need somewhere to live m door it saying the bank of mum and dad need somewhere to live it comes back to bite a word on credit spending. Record levels last month. But some good news in the fact that we are paying it off, so we are Getting Better at managing what we do with our money. Yes and that will have economists breathing a sigh of relief that people are being just as diligent about paying off the balances, not incurring high interest charges, as they are in racking it up. A further thought to anyone watching who has a high credit card balance, many people do 0 deals on their credit card and roll off one, shipped to another. Normally you have to pay a bit of money to transfer the balance, but the length of time that you can get those deals for is coming in quite substantially. A couple of years ago you would have been able to maybe sign upfor you would have been able to maybe sign up for three to four years nearly on a 0 deal. Nowadays you will be doing well if you can get one that lasts for more than two yea rs, one that lasts for more than two years, so keep an eye on the spending. We are not out of the woods yet. Claer, as always, good to talk to you. A little look at the numbers for you. Johnson and johnson we re numbers for you. Johnson and johnson were up about 5 early after having to pay the fine. That was for its role in the Opioid Crisis in the us. More on that for you later. Ignore the fact that it says no change. Gold is actually rising. So by the ftse 100 change. Gold is actually rising. So by the ftse100 is downjust change. Gold is actually rising. So by the ftse100 is down just 0. 2 on the day. More later, see you then. Thank you. Now its time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. Hello. The last of the heat in the south and east today. We see a tumble in temperatures as we move into tomorrow. Today we have got some sunshine around the central and eastern areas, but we also will see more in the way of cloud and some showers working their way north and east across the midlands, into parts of northern england, eastern england, south east scotland. Could be heavy, possibly thundery. Temperatures in the south east, 33 degrees. Cool in north and west and we have some cloud and more persistent outbreaks of rain here. Through tonight, further showers for a time in the north east of england, eastern parts of scotland, cloud feeding in from the east and some outbreaks of rain. Temperatures staying in double figures. Not particularly comfortable for sleeping. In the high teens in the south east. Cloudier tomorrow, outbreaks of rain spreading east. Still the chance of some showers in the south east, brightening up behind in Northern Ireland with temperatures reaching a maximum of 2a degrees. Youre watching bbc newsroom live its midday and these are the main stories this morning Jeremy Corbyn is meeting his political rivals to try to form a plan to block a no deal brexit. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. Police in County Antrim who are investigating allegations of abuse at a hospital for people with learning disabilities and Mental Health needs say cctv footage has revealed 1,500 crimes on one ward. The government wants to change planning rules in england to help mobile phone companies installing 5g broadband in rural areas. Two of the oldest clubs in english football bury and bolton have until five oclock to prove they have a future or face being thrown out of the english Football League. And the countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing begins, with the stars donning their sequins for last nights launch in london. Good afternoon, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Jeremy corbyn is meeting Opposition Party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. The labour leader has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. The conservatives said allJeremy Corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. Lets speak now to our political correspondent. What could this plan look like . These mps will already have been conversations, well aware of the various options available to them so i would expect this meeting to break up i would expect this meeting to break upfairly i would expect this meeting to break up fairly shortly. I think the most important thing is they come out and assigning from the same hymn sheet. The illegal default as we will leave the eu on october 31, deal or no deal and really it is quite difficult to see a way these mps could stop Boris Johnson difficult to see a way these mps could stop borisjohnson from doing that. The consensus seems to be emerging is that they would like to bring forward legislation which would force borisjohnson to go back to brussels to ask for another delay to brussels to ask for another delay to brexit and also keep the more Nuclear Option of a no confidence vote in the government up their sleeve but the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer said earlier that they are keeping all options on the table. You can try to pass legislation and also have a vote of no confidence, notjust one of also have a vote of no confidence, not just one of the also have a vote of no confidence, notjust one of the other. We need tojudge which is the most likely notjust one of the other. We need to judge which is the most likely to succeed and when and these things change. A vote of no confidence may not succeed one day but could succeed on a different day, that is a judgment call for Jeremy Corbyn succeed on a different day, that is a judgment call forJeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition sol a judgment call forJeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition so i think todayis leader of the opposition so i think today is very much about looking at all the possible options but making sure we are all the possible options but making sure we are agreed on a all the possible options but making sure we are agreed on a plan. Stop keir starmer and Jeremy Corbyn and other Party Leaders are there today, conservative rebels are not there and the opponents of a no deal brexit and going to need to get several conservative to defy their leader at any of their plans are going to work. For the moment at least it appears in one of the symptoms are prepared to give Boris Johnson the benefit of the doubt as he strives to detain a new deal with the eu. Borisjohnson is to hold talks with the president of the European Commission, jean claudejuncker as both sides looks to find a way to break the brexit deadlock. A spokeswomen for the European Commission said the eu was ready to listen to proposals that were concrete and compatible with the Withdrawal Agreement. Adam fleming is in brussels. What more can you tell us about the agenda of these discussions . We shouldnt get too excited because this should have happened at the g7 summit except it did not because the president of the eu was recovering after having his gall bladder removed the weekend before so she should have seen borisjohnson face to face alongside dont tusk in france at the weekend but theyre doing and by phone instead for some this is a second time they will have spoken and everybody in an atmosphere of construct of this and engagement. The eu is looking for concrete proposals from the uk that are compatible with the withdrawal likely meant. Perhaps a bit of an antidote to the sum of the more excitable headlines and analysis in the last couple of days that following Boris Johnson the last couple of days that following borisjohnson cosmic the last couple of days that following Boris Johnson cosmic trip to paris and the london the eu is ready to move. It looks like we are ready to move. It looks like we are ready to move a little bit, only within very narrow parameters that we know very well. How much are eu officials listening not only to borisjohnson but officials listening not only to Boris Johnson but also watching officials listening not only to borisjohnson but also watching very closely what is going on with opposition parties trying to find the reform to avoid a no deal scenario. There is one thing quite a few eu officials have said to me which is they do not sign up to this idea that downing street has that the first two weeks of september are going to be pivot pivotal. You will see what happens in parliament but people in brussels think that will not be the end of the story when it comes to parliament trying to stop a no deal brexit are trying to tie the Prime Minister pots hands. They think they will try and do that up until the last moment and actually the first couple of weeks in september might be a bit of a trial run rather than the final operation by people opposed to no deal brexit that might come a lot later and so eu diplomats and officials are saying that is a bit of a british spin from number ten, this idea that f borisjohnson spin from number ten, this idea that f Boris Johnson can spin from number ten, this idea that f borisjohnson can vanquish the brexit rebels were Parliament Comes back and if you days then that means the eu and uk can get down to negotiating because he will have been able to prove that is no opposition beat the opposition so they think it will probably go down to the last minute and we are talking about the summit of eu leaders scheduled for the 18th and 19th of october. It is probably worth mentioning, there was speculation about the backstop which has been one of the main issues under discussion and a hutch that has been so much disagreements, speculation about possible tweaks that might easily passage of a deal, what can you tell us . There are three ideas at the moment, all unofficial and unconfirmed, not even necessarily on the table and the discussions because the senior euro adviser is meeting officials from the brexit task force, there was an idea reported last week that you can slim down the backstop and have a mini backstop when you look at the real co re mini backstop when you look at the real core issues needed and strip away everything else, the problem being the eu thinks all the stuff thatis being the eu thinks all the stuff that is and it is core so that isnt really a many on offer. Then there was an idea floated in the sunday times that actually you could replace the backstop with a hobbled of agreements in different sectors, for example animal and plant health and the sort of veterinary checks needed between the uk and ireland so things could carry on as they do now. The fact is the backstop already in the Withdrawal Agreement is already split into different sectors and the eu has been saying for a while that after brexit day lets Start Talking about the sort of individual agreements we could do that would replace bits of the backstop bit by bit. The key thing is the eu would still want the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement and signed by the two sides before brexit stay. The third idea floated and worth looking out because it came from the senior british official in the European Commission who drafted the David Cameron renegotiation deal who knows what hes talking about, he is suggesting a different approach whereby you would have the uk and ireland passing domestic was that make it illegal to send products on the other direction that we are not legal to be on sale and ireland or the uk. Then you would have big eu trade centres in Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk whereby products can be checked to make sure they conform with the roles of both markets. I dont think you will comment on that because it is an idea proposed by an outsider, informal official as the spokeswoman said it is up to the uk come forward with ideas, all of those other ideas seem pretty unofficial and vague at the moment. Thank you. Documents seen by the bbc show that both the government and hs2 knew the new High Speed Railway was over budget and was probably behind schedule years ago. The documents were written in 2016 before mps had signed off the first phase of the project. It raises questions over whether parliament was given the whole picture. Our transport correspondent tom burridge has this exclusive report. Until very recently, we were told by ministers and bosses at hs2 that the programme to build the new High Speed Railway was on budget and on time. There is only one budget for hs2, and it is £55. 7 billion. But bbc news has obtained documents which show that at least three years ago, the government knew that wasnt the case. The evidence weve got hold of suggests you, the taxpayer whos funding it, werent given the full picture. This letter was sent in may, 2016 to the then chancellor george osborne. In it, the transport secretary at the time, patrick mcloughlin, admits that the first stretch of the railway, linking birmingham to london, was already over budget by nearly £1 billion. He also proposes opening the railway a year late to try and save money. A former hs2 director said the £1 billion overspend was a conservative estimate, and internally teams knew it was a lot higher. Another former hs2 director, doug thornton, says he often told government the budget wasnt realistic. I was briefing personally the director at the department of transport, the head of property at the department for transport and the department of transport project representative team, so at that level the department knew. And all of these warnings crucially before the first phase of hs2 had been signed off by parliament. As protesters occupy fields and footpaths next to a construction site, people will ask whether mps were misled. For all the opposition, hs2 does have strong support, the evidence weve seen not only raises questions about whether this programme is value for money but about transparency and trust. Hs2 has responded by saying there has been extensive scrutiny of the project by the National Audit office and parliamentary committees. And the department for transport said, like in any major complex programme, delivery plans evolve over time. But with the team appointed by the government to review the scheme set to begin their work tomorrow, its hard to say how high speed will evolve in the coming weeks. Tom burridge, bbc news. Police in Northern Ireland say cctv footage has revealed more than 1,000 crimes committed on one ward of Muckamore Abbey hospital in County Antrim. The incidents reportedly happened in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit over the course of six months in 2017. Our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast for us. More than 1000 crimes and a period of six months, this is a really shocking story, how do the police come to be investigating this particular unit . The Police Investigation began in november 2017 after the families of vulnerable patients made allegations about mistreatment at muckamore, in County Antrim north of belfast and it treats patients with severe learning difficulties and Mental Health needs. Police have been looking at more than 300,000 hours of cctv footage and an update today the officer leading the investigation has said that they have identified more than 1500 crimes on one ward, the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. Those crimes happened over the course of six months whilst we have known for almost two years the police have been mounting a Major Investigation into allegations of abuse at muckamore these figures are spoken about today shows just how extensive that investigation is. What of the neck stages in this investigation . And the policing they are ina investigation . And the policing they are in a position to move forward with prosecution . There will be no charges brought as yet but the police say they are reaching an important stage for the annually finished viewing all the cctv footage so they think they are reaching a stage which will be very critical and extremely significant so the families of the patients caught up in all this will be watching the investigation closely, the police say they have been very close contact with those families. The department of health, the most senior official of their as apologised to the patients and their relatives, there is a plan put in place by Health Authorities to remove all long term patients out of muckamore by the end of this year and earlier this month the regulator in Northern Ireland issued enforcement notices and relation to muckamore about the state of care at the facility. There is a range of things happening, it injury investigation is taking place and it is also worth mentioning that since 2017 since the allegations surfaced 2017 since the allegations surfaced 20 members of staff have been suspended. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Opposition Party leaders to discuss how to prevent a no deal brexit. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. Police in County Antrim, who are investigating allegations of abuse at a hospital for people with learning disabilities and Mental Health needs, have said cctv footage has revealed 1,500 crimes on one ward. Sport now, heres olly foster Bolton Wanderers and bury have been given a five oclock deadline by the Football League to find buyers and prefer funds Football League to find buyers and preferfunds orface Football League to find buyers and prefer funds or face an expulsion. Boltons administrative city was that the liquidation process to himself tomorrow after their still collapsed. A founder member of the Football League, just seven years they met in the premier league. Football league, just seven years they met in the premier leaguem is such a family club and it would bea is such a family club and it would be a shame to see it go up, ive supported since day one and it is impossible to tell what life be like without my foot mock up and ensure fa ns without my foot mock up and ensure fans feel the same, they have been loyal and stuck with the team and players and it is really depressing that we have not been rewarded with anything as a result and could be facing not having a club to support. Bury supporter sabin mucking in at the ground as part of a massive clean up operation hopefully will play next weekend, they have not been able to fulfil any fixture so far this season because of financial troubles and are hopeful they found a buyout, a Data Analytics firm, the efl say they have provided proof of funds all the buyers have requested more time to finalise the takeover. Day two at the us open starts in the next few hours, british number one kyle edmund gets his Campaign Underway against spaniard pablo andujar. Fellow Brits Dan Evans and joanna konta are already through to the second round 00v so is 5 time champion in new york, Roger Federer but not without a scare he dropped the first set against indian qualifier sumit nagal but went through in a. Federer also lost the first set in the first round at wimbledon this year but made it through to the final. I wanted to pick up my game, i was a relief going 3 0 and it is important seven consistently enough, hitting double faults that i usually do not double faults that i usually do not do and also hitting too many u nforced do and also hitting too many unforced it is. Serena williams was back on the main show court, the Arthur Ashe Stadium for the First Time Since last years final when she had that rant at the umpire in her defeat wipe at the umpire in her defeat to naomi osaka, this was drama free and and probably slightly worrying for her rivals. She swept aside the five time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets in under an hour6 1,6 1. Asked about her return to the scene of that infamous final, she praised the support from the stands thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Coastguards and Border Force Officers have intercepted three dinghies containing suspected migrants heading across the english channel. Around twenty people have been taken to a home Office Facility in dover. More than a hundred migrants have been picked up while attempting to cross the channel in small boats in the past few days. The drug manufacturer Johnson Johnson has been fined more than half a billion dollars for its part in fuelling an opioid addiction crisis in the us state of oklahoma. The states attorney general said greed had led the firm to cause thousands of deaths. The landmark ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against Drugs Companies across the United States. Johnson and johnson says it will appeal. Peter bowes reports the scourge of Prescription Drug abuse. An Opioid Epidemic thats claimed almost a00,000 lives in the us, over two decades. Now, a landmark ruling after the state of oklahoma accused Johnson Johnson of fostering the Opioid Crisis, creating a public nuisance by aggressively marketing the drugs to doctors and patients as safe and effective, while underplaying the dangers of addictive painkillers. Johnson johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths and neo natal abstinence syndrome in oklahoma. Laws for the state hailed the ruling as a major victory, affirming their view thatJohnson Johnson, motivated by greed, maliciously and diabolically created the Opioid Epidemic. Johnson johnson was the king pin behind the nations ongoing Opioid Crisis. Reggie whitten, a member of the legal team that took Johnson Johnson to court, lost his own son to opioids. Am i optimistic . No, im not. I think theyll appeal this thing and fight till hell freezes over, but my boy and austin are fighters. And we are too. Johnson johnson says it will appeal the ruling. The company insists it should not be held responsible for the Opioid Epidemic. We do not believe that the facts or the law supports the decision today. We have many strong grounds for appeal, and we intend to pursue those vigorously. With over 2,000 similar opioid lawsuits currently pending across the us, this ruling could have far reaching implications for drug makers in a country still struggling to contain the worst drug crisis in its history. Peter bowes, bbc news. Parents spend so much money getting their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the uk, a survey suggests. The average parental contribution for home buyers this year is £2a,100, up by more than £6,000 compared to last year, according to Legal General. However, the firm warned that parents generosity could hurt their standard of living in retirement. Joining me now is dominic lee, a School Teacher from south london who got onto the property ladder a few years ago with the help of his mum. Tell us your story. My grandfather passed me and left some inheritance from the sale of his flat and when it was sold my mum got her third of the money and divided between me and my brother and my sister, she did not have much savings herself and it was her opportunity to give us some money some, capital to buy property so we took that money and together with my partner even able to club together and by a one bedroom flat in south london. And with that, without that money from your mum just be renting at this stage . would be renting and saving a little amount but would not have been able to reach that amount of money, take mea to reach that amount of money, take me a long time and i would never have bought in london, i would have left london soon out to buy some. Tells about the discussions you had with your mum, did she say im dividing this between the three of you, that is it, no arguments or was it more of a discussion . It was very much heart saying im dividing it, im the only one in london but property prices are cheaper, my sister in manchester and my brother in the west country but it was split equally, my mum took some money and the remaining amount was split between us and she was able to pay off her mortgage and we got a deposit towards a flat. Did you discuss with an unhappy thought about since the impact that are giving that money might have on her retirement . It is certainly a consideration, but she is very selfless like that, didnt cross my mind straightaway but it is something since this happened i have thought about, she has no parents so not have any inheritance of what she has is that so there is a bit of guilt and has is that so there is a bit of guiltand im has is that so there is a bit of guilt and im sticking it and i has is that so there is a bit of guiltand im sticking itand i am ticking for herfor guiltand im sticking itand i am ticking for her for me to have this so there is conflicting feelings but iamso so there is conflicting feelings but i am so happy to go on the property of ladder. Add a lot of your friends in this situation . The back of mum and dad is very prevalent, in what people like to think it is often on back but they say actually my pa rents back but they say actually my parents helped towards this and had i not had this money i would defy that opportunity but my Friendship Circle mum and dad is alwaysjust a phone call away. Do you think some of your friends are changing their mindset, it is less about being able to get on the property of other and what about acceptance that renting is what they will do which is more common in continental europe. A lot more people think yes i am going to be renting, it is so astronomical the deposit needed for a place they often think i will never attain that some people cover experiences of travelling which are within their means and will never in the property. You have a very good mum. Thank you for coming along to talk to us. Rare photographs of the king of thailands newly anointed consort have been released by the palace reportedly causing its website to crash. The king bestowed the title on royal consort sineenat just two months after marriage to his third wife. In a statement, thailands palace said the king had ordered the creation of a royal biography for sineenat, who is a trained pilot, nurse and bodyguard. A consort is a title given by a monarch to his or her spouse or companion. New Research Suggests if your glass is half full, youre likely to live longer. A study in the United States of more than 70,000 people found that those who were optimistic about life were far more likely to reach the age of 85. Scientists think it could be that optimists bounce back from stress or difficulty more easily. Let me hope you have a Glass Half Full let me hope you have a glass halffull dna let me hope you have a Glass Half Full dna be the weather can help with that. With xxxxx the last day of the heat for many of us across anger than wales, starting in the west and very chilly across northern areas. The changes come about the weather fronts, this one more substantial cloud and outbreaks of range to the west, this other weather fronts box of showers and thunderstorms across england and wales which will become heavy and more widespread through central and eastern areas through this afternoon and evening. Some torrential downpours and places. We could see low 30s celsius and the south east, cooler and the north and west, showers and thunderstorms clearing during tuesday night and wednesday it looks like a cloudy picture, outbreaks of rain across and wales and parts of scotland with a little brightness into the north west into the afternoon but a cloudier and cooler day across the southeast with temperatures 10 degrees down, 23 or 2a. Temperatures reaching a maximum of 2a degrees. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live with annita mcveigh. The headlines. Jeremy corbyn is meeting other Opposition Party leaders to discuss how to prevent a no deal brexit. Police in County Antrim who are investigating allegations of abuse at a hospital for people with learning disabilities and Mental Health needs have said cctv footage has revealed 1,500 crimes on one ward. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. The government wants to change planning rules in england to help mobile phone companies installing 5g broadband in rural areas. Two of the oldest clubs in english football bury and bolton have until five oclock to prove they have a future, or face being thrown out of the english Football League. And its nearly september which means that the titans of autumn telly are back strictly held its launch last night and the Great British bake off returns this evening. Changes to planning rules in england could see companies building taller phone masts. Its part of a wider government move to boost the roll out of 5g networks and improve mobile coverage across britain, especially in the countryside. Ministers have also launched a £30 million competition for Rural Communities to host new 5g technology schemes. The digital secretary, nicky morgan, has been responding to questions about the maximum size of the phone masts. At the moment, the maximum is 25 metres in a non protected area, 20 metres in a protected area like an area of outstanding natural beauty. As i say, weve got to find that balance. But if you end up having slightly taller masts, you could put more infrastructure on it which means if that you could get rid of other masts that have been an eyesore. And making sure we can have more building based masts nearer to roads, for example. It is about finding that balance. I know as a local member of parliament, i used to get a lot of people say they objected to masts. Actually, i dont get that so much now because people do understand that need for connectivity. But we want to hear from people. That consultation will close in november. Matt warman is the minister for digital and joins me now. And for digital and joins me now. Keep coming on. We morgan and keep coming on. We heard nicky morgan say the current height formats are 25 metres in non protected areas and 20 in protected areas. She didnt detail how high masts could be under these new proposals, perhaps you would. What we are doing is trying to find out what the best balance is through this consultation, which means talking to mobile operators and saying, realistically how high would they like to go . Whilst also talking to communities, to those that represent local councils, and asking what you think is a sensible balance and then of course what could you do to mitigate the appearance of some of these . Its about getting that right. What are the operator said to you in terms of the height they would like to go to . Thats the point of this consultation, to get a formal response that says, if you put how many metres on top of the mast, how much extra coverage would you get . That is the point of the consultation. Once we have those responses in, the government will come back with more concrete proposals on what permitted Development Might look like. I think thatis Development Might look like. I think that is the right balance as a way to proceed. If you are talking about balance and concerns about getting balance, is it a smart idea to remove councils from the Decision Making process . Remove councils from the decisionmaking process . Within certain limits. We do what is called permitted development a lot already and that is saying what are the para meters and that is saying what are the parameters you can allow in this case mobile phone operators are people who build masts, who are not a lwa ys people who build masts, who are not always the same people, to make sure they provide the best kind of coverage. And so it is all about getting the right balance. But invariably councils might get the fla k invariably councils might get the flak for invariably councils might get the flakfor decisions invariably councils might get the flak for decisions which have been taken out of their hands, potentially, and they will have to explain, this is government circumventing councils over a decision that are affecting people in their local area. I decision that are affecting people in their localarea. I put decision that are affecting people in their local area. I put it to you again, that decision to take councils out in some cases of the Decision Making process, what is the thinking behind that and is it a goodidea . Thinking behind that and is it a good idea . The prime thinking is in speeding up the development of mobile phone networks, both ag and filling in the blackspots we know are very filling in the blackspots we know are very damaging for communities and for businesses and of course in the roll out coming soon of 5g. It is about making sure we get the balance right between speeding up the roll out and also making sure we dont say its ok to do something that no community would willingly consent to. You are of course com pletely consent to. You are of course completely right that we would not wa nt to completely right that we would not want to remove that really important element of local democracy, but this is about extending the principle of permitted development which is already there in lots of other areas so that in this case networks can get on with building out in just the same way that lots of homeowners can ta ke same way that lots of homeowners can take advantage of permitted Development Rights to put on relatively modest extension to their own homes. It is not a new concept but it is one in this case that could make a real difference to filling in those blackspots in ag and future 5g networks. Thank you very much for your time today. Bolton wanderers were founding members of the Football League. They finished seventh in the premier leaguejust 12 years ago. But today could be the day they go out of business and are kicked out of the english Football League. They have until five oclock to complete the sale of the club to new owners the same deadline for fellow league 1 side bury, who are also fighting for their survival. With me now is kieran maguire, football finance specialist from the university of liverpool. Thank you very much for coming along to talk to us today. Do you think this is primarily an issue of, as the club at Bolton Wanderers went down the leagues, formally in the premier league, then the championship and then into league 1, its capital reduced, advertising reduced and now it finds itself in this situation. Is that primarily the reason for where the club finds itself today . Not really because Bolton Wanderers is also losing money significantly when it was a member of the premier league. Under a manager at Sam Allardyce at the clu b a manager at Sam Allardyce at the club signed a number of very high profile players such as nicholas and elka, and so on. There was were significantly expensive to fund in terms of both wages and transfer fees. What has happened since bolton have been relegated is that the losses have continued and the owner who was underwriting those losses is no longer there. So, going back to the premier league days, was that bad Decision Making to sign those expensive players, or does a club in the premier league simply have to do that and hope that the goals follow . Your prime aim in the premier league is to avoid relegation, and therefore we find that clubs do gamble. Whilst you have an owner that wants to sign players of that nature, then if he or she has the resources to underwrite those losses. When eddie davies, who was the former owner, due to a combination of age and health, could no longer continue, what happened then was that the club was sold to people who didnt have the money and didnt appear to be built supporters or have the interest of the club we re or have the interest of the club were fa ns or have the interest of the club were fans at heart. How difficult is it for a club like bolton and bury, as well, to get to a position, given they only have a few hours left before they potentially go out of existence, to come up with a sustainable plan . A sustainable plan can be created. We see it at other clu bs. Can be created. We see it at other clubs. It involves owners having a strategic approach to running the club, trying to make sure they get the wage bill is down to a sustainable level is. But also to have a plan whereby the club can grow organically, by using its assets. What we have seen in respect of both bolton and bury, both clubs we re of both bolton and bury, both clubs were sold effectively in mid season for £1 each and then the new people who came in saw the clubs as an opportunity to make money for themselves rather than try to run themselves rather than try to run the club as a business. Ok, good to hear your thoughts on that. More now on our main story and the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has met with other opposition leaders to discuss plans to stop a no deal brexit. That meeting has been breaking up in the last short while. Mr corbyn is looking to secure enough support for a vote of no confidence in the government when parliament returns from its summer break next week. We can speak now to the Green Party Mp Caroline Lucas. Thank you very much forjoining us. The key thing that Everyone Wants to know is, have you and the various other politicians from other parties emerged from that meeting with a clear plan and an agreed plan, singing from the same hymn sheet . think we have. It was a really constructive meeting. I was particularly welcoming the kind of tone in which the meeting was held and there was complete anonymity around a number of issues, a festival that had no deal brexit would be a catastrophe for the country and we have to do whatever is necessary to avoid that. Increase relate that the way forward is the most secure way to make sure we can extend article 50, get rid of that 3ist extend article 50, get rid of that 31st of october deadline towards which the Prime Minister is careering with ever greater recklessness. So in other words, taking control, people who want to avoid a no deal brexit taking control of the parliamentary timetable. Exactly that. Details are still to be worked out and what is positive is we have agreed there will be a Contact Group set up between the different parties, ongoing work, between now and next week when it all comes back to parliament and Parliament Starts sitting against. That option potentially of a vote of no confidence is still there, i presume. I think it is still there if the legislative route doesnt work but i think everyone is very mindful of the fact that a vote of no confidence is a more risky strategy and could enable Boris Johnson himself to seize the moment and try to have an election such that that would happen during october 31, in which case we would crash out of the eu during an election campaign. I think everyone wa nts to election campaign. I think Everyone Wants to avoid that eventuality. Yes, there was a clear recognition from everyone around the table but the legislative route provides the most secure way forward. When you say there are still details to be worked out, do you mean how you would actually then follow that plan and take control of the legislative timetable . There are still discussions to be had about the precise wording of any motion, the exact timing of when that motion goes down. That is why the Contact Group has been set up to finesse the details, but the most important thing is, ithink, that we details, but the most important thing is, i think, that we have come out of this meeting absolutely united right across the different opposition parties and there is no difference between us now, i think, in terms of the way forward. I think thatis in terms of the way forward. I think that is incredibly good news because i think people in the country want to know that mps are standing up for them, for the people, and to make sure that borisjohnson doesnt try to prorogue parliament, suspend parliament so we can rush through a no deal brexit for which he has absolutely no mandate. Despite clashes of personality and discussions about who might lead any sort of caretaker government, was that well down the agenda today or was it even discussed . The issue of who would lead a temporary government was not discussed. The focus was on what everybody recognised to be our first best option, the legislative route. Caroline lucas mp, thank you very much for that. Two teenage sisters have rescued a man and a child from drowning off the coast of aberdeenshire. Isla noble and her sister eilidh aged 15 and 1a heard cries for help while swimming near fraserburgh yesterday afternoon before deciding to help. Earlier this morning, they told 5lives emma barnett show what happened. There was a man with a little boy on his shoulders, and the little boy started screaming first, so i thought that dad was, like, dunking him under and he was getting cold. But then the dad started shouting help and thats when we realised he was in trouble. Isla said that she would go out and help them, so ijust gave her the lilo and i went and got the phone to phone for help. It was, like, too deep for me or the man to stand, so he kept going under. So i took the toddler and pulled him onto the lilo. And as i pulled him up, the dad came up slightly, so i made sure that he was holding onto enough that his head was out the water and then i started swimming and luckily there was another man who had seen it keith, further up the beach, he had seen it. So he started coming in and then he got the other side of the lilo and got them both to come in. We got them out and he was still on the lilo and everything, and then we had phoned the coastguard. He was in the recovery position but he was on the other side, so luckily a nurse was walking her dog and she says, oh, im a nurse, can i help . So she came over and then she put him onto the other side and then she phoned the coastguard back and everything and gave him his stats and everything. Really brave, and we will hear more from the sisters at 1 30pm here on the bbc news channel. It is 12aa pm. The headlines on bbc news. A meeting between Opposition Party leaders to discuss how to prevent a no deal brexit has just finished Green Party Mp Caroline Lucas said it was positive with agreement on many issues. Police in County Antrim who are investigating allegations of abuse at a hospital for people with learning disabilities and Mental Health needs have said cctv footage has revealed 1,500 crimes on one ward. Documents seen by bbc news suggest that the government knew the hs2 project was over budget and probably behind schedule three years ago. Across the world people i struggling to find homes for the residents. Belling has introduced a rent freeze but how has a policy work so far . Caroline davies has been to find out. Berlin home to 3. 7 Million People. Rents are rising and people are worried, which has led some to protest like this. We shall, we shall not be moved. Just like a tree surrounded by the water, we shall not be moved. We wanted to be loud and nice, so not uncomfortable or anything, but we just wanted to raise awareness and bring people together in the community. This used to be a cheap area to rent but its been steadily rising so that renters like alfred are now paying double the original price. Ive been in this building now for 33 years, weve stayed in this flat. Our children grew up here. You can see it was much more of a poor area. Although alfreds flat isnt currently under threat, he still doesnt feel safe. What would happen if they raised the rents, and they did it successfully and they increase your rents here . I think we have to go some day, but we are old now. But we have to fight as well for the young generation. But berlin does have rent control and its called mietpreisbremse. It means landlords cannot charge new tenants more than 10 above the local average, and for some people its worked, like isabella and puja are. They realised their rent was much higher than their neighbours when they moved in but they were nervous about challenging their landlord. You think youre pushing your landlord to a cliff so things are not friendly and nice, and you want to be a nice person. After several years of rent control, the berlin mayor has taken matters a step further and backed plans for a rent freeze for five years. Translation there are many policymakers who believe the market will regulate itself. That demand and supply will somehow work itself out without further intervention. Weve seen around the world thats not working. We are all facing the same challenges. I think this is an issue in london, amsterdam, barcelona and berlin. Politicians are still finessing rent control here so the longer term impact isnt yet clear, but other cities will be watching to see what works and what doesnt. Caroline davies, bbc news, berlin. Lets return to the news of the opposition politicians that has just broken up. Lets get more reaction to that with someone who was in attendance, anna soubry, the leader of the independent group for change, joining us from westminster. Caroline lucas told me a few minutes ago that all the parties have come out of this meeting absolutely united on the way ahead. You are in agreement, i presume . Absolutely. I am in danger of repeating everything that Caroline Lucas has said so ably. It was a congenial meeting and i think it speaks volumes that people who are normally completely opposed on pretty much all issues, but on this issue we are absolutely united as one and we will continue to work together, as many of us have been working together now for many yea rs. We been working together now for many years. We make sure our country does not crash out of the eu without a deal on october 31. We feel so strongly that it would be so bad for our country that we have absolutely come together and we will ensure we introduce legislation because it is the only way to do it, and i am very pleased thatJeremy Corbyn has seen the good sense of that case some of us have been making for some time. Are you clear on how you would do that and take control of the legislative timetable . We are. I know it is very disappointing for journalists, and maybe also for your viewers, but we are not going to go into the detail of it because we know what we are up against a. We are up against a Prime Minister who has no mandate for this, and i think he has no regard for parliament and he has no regard for parliament and he has no regard for parliament and he has advisers and elected who equally, im afraid to say, have a history of subterfuge in effect of democracy by lying to people and they again also have no regard for parliament. The state of the businesses in constituencies like my own and indeed across the whole of the country, the future of our children and our grandchildren, is bigger than the normal divide and it is clear we are going to come together and do the right thing by our country. What would you say at this point to people watching you now he voted to leave, whether with a deal or no deal, who say, you dont actually have a mandate to do what you are proposing . Ill, im so sorry but i think we do have a mandate. This is why. People were told during the Referendum Campaign by people like borisjohnson, who was one of the leaders of the leave campaign, that if we voted to leave the eu, we will only leave with a deal and we would not leave without a deal. That is what people were told. Now i know the leave campaign made many promises like an extra £350 million per week for the nhs that they have completely broken, but it would be an absolute disgrace if we were to crash out stop remember, the former business secretary, greg clark, conservative minister, who listens to British Business and their organisations, quite rightly described no deal as a disaster, and last week or the week before, we sought the disclosure of documents, some of these documents i have read because i obtained disclosure of them. A shell that we are not ready to leave without a deal, but even if we were ready, it would have profoundly bad consequences for our country. And then of course there is the situation in Northern Ireland. We feel very strongly, i certainly do, that we are not going to go back to the bad old days and undermined the good friday agreement, and so it is about doing the right thing by our constituents and the right thing by your country. Sometimes that may not make you very popular, but you sleep well at night knowing you are acting in the interests of your country and your constituents and you can wake up your constituents and you can wake up in the morning and look yourself in the mirror, and i am afraid there are too many people in government at the most senior of levels who have abandoned their principles for their own careers. They know no deal is bad for britain and they need to show the courage they have in the past and do the right thing by their country. Anna soubry, thank you very much for your reaction to that meeting, as well. The glamorous outfits and the glitter balls were out in force last night for the launch of the latest series of strictly come dancing. Among the 15 celebrity dancers putting their best foot forward was breakfasts mike bushell. Bookmakers have suggested that mike is the favourite to leave the show first but he says he will make up for a lack of technical ability with energy. Well, the return of strictly is a sure sign that autumn is around the corner. And those long, cosy evenings wouldnt be complete without tvs other big knock out competition channel as the Great British bake off, which gets underway tonight. A bakers dozen of 13 contestants will be taking part in the shows tenth anniversary special. Now lets speak to series 7 contestant selasi gbormittah. Selasi, good to have you with us. Youre excited, im sure about the sheu youre excited, im sure about the shell retaining site. I presume you will watch avidly. I really am, i cant wait to get home later on and tune in because these guys are promising so we will see. I have my money on a couple already. What are you hoping for . It is a really successful formula since the move to channel a. They have been a few little changes and tweaks but essentially there is a core formula which is really successful. What do you hope to see . I like a good drama so definitely some drama. I am sure the bakers will have a lot of fun in the bakers will have a lot of fun in the tent and its going to be good. Iam the tent and its going to be good. I am looking forward to the educational elements in bake off, im looking forward to seeing what the challenges are. Every year has a lwa ys the challenges are. Every year has always been different, but the format is still the same. Should be good. I was chatting to edd earlier, who won the first series, and he said in the more recent series there have been more emphasis on decoration, which isnt his thing. He hopes this series would, in his words, return to the kind of challenges that inspire people to get back into the kitchen and baking. Would you agree . Do you think there has been perhaps more difficult challenges in the last couple of series that might put people off a bit more . Actually, i do agree with edd and i think i read earlier last week that it has gone back to. Not to take anything away from the bakers, but it has gone back to what bake off used to be in terms of simple bakes and what people want to make at home. Hopefully this series should go back to what we know bake off to be, rather than the more tricky challenges that people wouldnt necessarily make at home. It is still fun. You always learn or find out about different bakeds in different parts of the world so it is good to know how to make a stroopwaffle. I think i went out to buy one after that episode. What has it meant since you have been on the series and how has it changed your life . I owe my new life, i guess, to bake off. Ive been quite lucky to have built something from it since. Its have built something from it since. Its been great, a massive roller coaster and it is still going. I have learned so much done so much since leaving. Its been a fun ride. Really good to talk to you, selasi. Thank you for telling us about your experience of bake off. I hope you will enjoy the new series. A group of metal detectorists needed medical treatment over the weekend, after unknowingly eating cakes spiked with cannabis. Thirteen men and women fell ill at a rally in the village of high melton near doncaster. There was a large medical response to the incident, which included eight ambulances and a hazardous area repsonse team. Now its time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. We will be saying goodbye to viewers on bbc two. Simon mccoy will be here with the news at one shortly. It was a record breaking lee hot august bank holiday for some, particularly across southern and eastern areas where we saw temperatures in the south east reach 33 degrees twice on sunday, and also on the bank holiday monday. It wasnt a bank holiday for all, but as we head through this week, the atla ntic as we head through this week, the atlantic will take back control and it will cool down for all of us with outbreaks of rain spreading from the north and west. This is the air mass as we enter the week, the red colours clearing from much of the country, replaced by greens and even a blue hue there, so rather chilly and below seasonal average into the weekend. Today we start to see the change taking place across Western Areas thanks to these weather fronts. They are introducing more cloud, particularly around west of scotland, Northern Ireland, outbreaks of rain, increasing breeze. A weaker weather front further south and east will fire up some heavy showers and thunderstorms. South west and then coming to parts of wales and also into the midlands as we continue to head through the afternoon. Another pretty hot day for many, especially in the south east. Temperatures again into the low to mid 30s celsius. A chance of thunderstorms increases across central and eastern parts of the uk thanks to this weather front as we had for tuesday night into wednesday. Some could be torrential in places. That leaves us on wednesday with a more unsubtle picture, more cloud, coolerairwill have reached south eastern areas. Outbreaks of rain here, low cloud, mist and murk, a outbreaks of rain here, low cloud, mistand murk, a bit of outbreaks of rain here, low cloud, mist and murk, a bit of brightness into the north west later in the day. High teens in the north, low 20s across the south east. The u nsettled 20s across the south east. The unsettled theme continues thursday into friday. Areas of low pressure hurtling in off the atlantic. This one particularly deep, it will bring pretty windy weather to the north and west the uk. As we reach friday. There will be breezy conditions across much of the north and west of the uk for thursday, outbreaks of rainfor the uk for thursday, outbreaks of rain for western scotland, a few showers further south. That said, many central, southern and eastern areas will stay rather dry with sunny spells and temperatures into the low to mid 20s. High teens further north. Friday looks particularly wet for parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, perhaps into western fringes of england and wales. Quite windy, as well, but the south east could stay dry. Temperatures reaching 23 or 2a. Jeremy corbyn meets other Opposition Party leaders to discuss ways of averting a no deal brexit. As the government accuses them of offering chaos, delay and uncertainty a call for unity amongst parties seeking to prevent leaving the eu without a deal let us try to put our tribal differences on one side because what we have got two do very effectively is have one plan that is going to work to prevent a no deal brexit. Well have the latest live from westminster. Also in the programme. A Police Investigation is under way as shocking cctv footage reveals 1500 crimes on one ward of a Northern Ireland hospital in the last two years. The damning documents discovered by the bbc which suggest the government and hs2 knew the high speed